outside of the line manning. lin suffered his first loss. he had nine turnovers. he made that look like the aberration today against dallas. linsanity may actually be a word in webster's by march. [laughter] 90-81, knicks. one more to put the game away. the last of the 28 points. seven turnovers, 104-97, knicks win. pitchers and catchers go through their drills on sunday. we highlight tommy hunter. he was brought over last year from texas. he showed toughness and a penchant for arm problems. expect to see a large hole in the rotation. his goal is to stay healthy. >> hopefully change something up

from getting hurt. trying to lean up and stay healthy and ready to go from day one. >> a sense of humor helps. edwards has yet to win the daytona 500. he favored the fastest lap. bush learned that some fans. final moments. he slingshots are around at the end to win the race by 1/1000th second. we take a look at a sport that has yet to take off in a flood it circles. a dazzling display from three local stars fresh off a national championship. that is coming up tonight at 11:00. those young girls work together

12 hours a week. i was so impressed with these young ladies. their strength is unbelievable. >> another check of the forecast is coming up.

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>> it was tricky but you got it right. >> we're only about 100 miles away from all of the action. tonight, a lot of clouds.

the further south you go, the more you get a chance of rain or snow. monday afternoon, lots of sun. temperatures could be close to 50. it stays dry through monday night. rain on tuesday. look at the mild temperatures mid-week. close to 60 degrees. >> we are really spoiled. >> that is not crazy for this winter. that is typical. >> that was the jeremy lin of forecasts. you said it was going to stay south and it did. >> that is it for 11 years at 6:00. we will see you back here tonight at 11:00. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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good evening. despite fresh signs, iran is expanding its nuclear program, the u.s. tonight is publicly calling on a jittery israel not to launch an attack. joint chiefs of staff chairman

general martin dempsey along with britain's foreign minister today said an attack on iran would have grave consequences for the entire region. israel fears iran is close to building a nuclear weapon. still, the u.s. wants israel to give economic sanctions more time to work. iran, meantime, was demonstrating its own resolve today. we have two reports beginning in tehran with nbc's ali aruzi. >> reporter: lester, iran remains defiant in the face of international pressure. the oil ministry announced that that it was cutting off oil supplies to britain and france after the european union imposed sanctions on iran's fuel exports. there are few signs that iran intends to back down from its nuclear path. western diplomats say iran is moving to expand its production of enriched uranium at an underground facility but lacks some of the key equipment. the international atomic agency has not commented but is due to start a three-day visit tomorrow in its latest attempt to assess

the scope of iran's nuclear program. meanwhile iran flexed its military muscle again today, starting a two-day military land exercise while its navy sent two warships to syria. they entered the mediterranean by the suez canal. this is only the second time this has happened since the islamic revolution in 1979. at the same time, iran's foreign minister announced today that iran was willing to move quickly to resume talks with world powers after those talks collapsed a year ago. lester. >> let's get washington's take on this now from nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. andrea, what do you make of the u.s. and britain bluntly calling on israel not to attack? >> reporter: well, lester, the obama administration and the brits believe that day rob is blustering. they believe the exports were about to be shut down by european sanctions. european officials believe those tough sanction are exactly why iran has agreed to come back to nuclear talks. u.s. officials hope that those

negotiations could prompt iran to eventually agree not to pursue a weapons program but israel is not on the same page. today joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey who was in tel aviv last month called iran a rational actor but said israel does not accept that view and is not ready to trust diplomacy saying a strike would be destabilizing and not achieve israel's goal. tom don lynn is in israel and met with netanyahu, trying to persuade israel that iran does not yet have the technical capacity to build a bomb, hasn't decided to build a bomb and that sanctions can still work. >> andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. thanks, and rea. there was more bloodshed in syria today. activists say dozens of people were killed during the continued crackdown by government forces. meanwhile syrian state tv is reporting on the assassinations of a state prosecutor and a judge killed during an ambush

near the border with turkey. to presidential politics now and the continued rise of the culture wars on the campaign trail. tonight the obama campaign is lashing out at rick santorum over comments about the president that santorum says were misinterpreted. nbc's ron mott has the details on the trail for us tonight in ohio. >> it's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. >> reporter: after saying the president's energy philosophy was based on a phony theology saturday -- >> i wasn't suggesting the president is not a christian. >> reporter: rick santorum had a real challenge, separating religion from theology, no less on a sunday. >> senator, what in the world were you talking about, sir? >> i was talking about the radical environmentalists. >> your use of the word "theology" do you wonder that might lead some people to suggest that you were questioning the president's faith? >> well, no, because i've

repeatedly said i don't question the president's faith. i've repeatedly said that i believe the president is christian. he says he's a christian. but i am talking about his world view. >> reporter: each of the republican candidates has voiced disapproval of the president's stance on energy and the environment. only santorum who serves in the polls after winning an election trifecta has linked him to theology. >> a different theology. >> reporter: the former pennsylvania senator not only explained his use of that word this morning, he also answered to critics questioning his theory that prenatal care leads to more abortions. >> the bottom line is that a lot of prenatal tests are done to identify deformities in utero and the customary procedure is to encourage abortions. >> reporter: meantime, mitt romney remained out of the spotlight sunday in utah, where he took part in tenth anniversary celebrations this weekend for the '02 winter olympics. back on the campaign trail -- >> thank you very much. >> reporter: ron paul played to large crowds in missouri saturday before heading to north dakota today, while newt gingrich focused on his home

state of georgia, citing the importance of home field advantage. >> if any of the three of us loses our home state, if santorum loses pennsylvania, romney loses michigan or i lose georgia, you have, i think, i very, very badly weakened candidacy for any one of the three of us. >> reporter: this could be a crucial week in the campaign. there is a debate scheduled for wednesday in arizona. it's the only debate between now and super tuesday, lester. >> all right, ron, thank you. there's late word tonight of a deadly avalanche at a washington state ski resort. local authorities say three people were killed, several more were missing in the snow, but they have since been found. it happened at the stevens pass ski area, which is located about 90 miles east of seattle. after soaking much of the southern u.s. tonight, a large winter storm has churned north into much colder territory, dumping snow across several states. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel joins us now from southern virginia. mike, how's it look out there? >> reporter: well, it's a snowy night here in southwest virginia, lester. they had more snow in an hour

this morning than they have seen all season, 6 inches so far. this following yesterday's temperatures in the very spring-like 60s. take a look at how hard it was snowing today on interstate 81 here. near zero visibility. cars and trucks slowed down to half the speed limit and tonight roads were slushy. they'll become icy later on tonight. take a look at the radar. you can see the snow moving from west to east towards the coast. a little burst of snow tonight around norfolk and virginia beach, maybe an inch around the raleigh area. here and over towards richmond, another 2 to 4 inches. lester, tomorrow the sun is back out. back to you. >> mike seidel, thanks. tonight whitney houston has been laid to rest next to her father, john houston, in new jersey. fans and onlookers paid their respects today by lining the route to the cemetery. houston's family gathered at her gravesite for a private burial a day after an emotional memorial at the church where she sang in the choir as a child. when "nightly news" continues, replacement parts.

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position of comfort. >> reporter: now at age 54, she's one of about four and a half million americans walking around with an artificial knee. >> people at work said to me, you know, gosh, you know, we enjoy working with you but we've never seen you smile so much. they didn't know me out of pain. >> reporter: loman is part of a growing trend, people opting for knee replacement surgery earlier in life. >> there were times that this procedure was only done for people who were older than 65 years of age. >> reporter: not anymore. the number of baby boomers getting total knee replacements tripled in a ten-year period. and even though there can be complications, nearly one in 20 americans over 50 is walking around with a new knee. what's behind the increased demand? well, experts point to a few factors. america's obesity epidemic, aging athletes not taking care of their aching joints, genetics, and the fact that we're living longer, more active lives. >> previous generations, they were taught to live in pain and make some compromises.

a lot of their attitude was about self-sacrifice. and today, people are less willing to do self-sacrifice. they're really very much in tune with their quality of life, want to maintain their quality of life. >> reporter: and that can be hard to do with advanced knee problems. >> i was basically sucking advil and really at the end it wasn't helping too much either. >> reporter: less than one year out of surgery, 61-year-old ernie miller is back to working, traveling and spending time with his teenage son. >> i have a new lease on that part of my life, that i can continue to grow this bond with him. maybe i can't beat him anymore at basketball, but at least i can play. >> reporter: though he feels great, he admits the surgery made some things a little harder. >> i can tell my wife i can't go shopping because my knee hurts. i still try to use that, but she doesn't buy it anymore. >> reporter: dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, mountain view, california. and up next here tonight, marking john glenn's historic flight a half century later.

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tonight there are hundreds of satellites in orbit above the earth, but 50 years ago tomorrow, there wasn't much up there at all. when friendship seven blasted off from cape canavarel, the mercury capsule that carried the first american into orbit. one of a select group of american space pioneers who had the right stuff. they were test pilots turned into astronauts, or what some back then called spam in a can. the first two mercury flights just to the edge of space each lasted barely 15 minutes. it was on the third mission, a marine aviator named john glenn, became the first american to actually orbit the earth. >> god speed, john glenn.

>> the mission lasted almost five hours. >> oh, that view is tremendous! >> yesterday at cape canavarel, 50 years later, glenn and fellow astronaut scott carpenter gathered with the scientist who helped america even the score in the space race. >> there wasn't any closer brotherhood ever formed than that which came together to get things off, but you're the people that made it happen. >> everything about space we take for granted today was untested then. >> roger, zero g. >> glenn recalls scientists were worried his eyes would change shape in the weightlessness, so they taped up mini eye charts on top of the instrument panel. what glenn could not imagine then was that half a century later, the u.s. would be depending on the russians for rides into orbit. he talked about it with brian williams. >> sort of a little nostalgia, but in the bigger picture, i'm sorry that we're not maximizing the research return out of the space program.

the international space station is the most unique laboratory ever put together by human beings. it also means without the shuttle we have no way of getting into space ourselves. >> today exotic robots and landers go where 50 years ago we imagined man himself would some day travel. but none of it would have been possible if not for those mercury pioneers who first reached for the heavens. john glenn also has the distinction of being the first living astronaut to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first space flight. that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com